2 Corinthians 4:1-6

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The Light of the Gospel

4 Therefore, having ^(A)this ministry ^(B)by the mercy of God,^[a] we do not lose heart. ²But we have renounced ^(C)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice^[b] cunning or ^(D)to tamper with God's word, but ^(E)by the open statement of the truth ^(F)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. ³And even ^(G)if our gospel is veiled, ^(H)it is veiled to ^(I)those who are perishing. ⁴In their case ^(J)the god of this world ^(K)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^(L)the light of ^(M)the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^(N)who is the image of God. ⁵For what ^(O)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ^(P)ourselves as your servants^[c] for Jesus' sake. ⁶For God, who said, ^(Q)“Let light shine out of darkness,” ^(R)has shone in our hearts to give ^(S)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy
2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in
2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

John 12:44-50

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Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴And Jesus cried out and said, ^(A)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(B)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And ^(C)whoever ^(D)sees me sees him who sent me. ⁴⁶^(E)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone ^(F)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(G)I do not judge him; for ^(H)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸^(I)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(J)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(K)on the last day. ⁴⁹For ^(L)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(M)who sent me has himself given me ^(N)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”